Romans abbreviated everything and the five letters on each side balances nicely. A slavish consistency to spellings and endings was the invention...
I have accepted the redating to Feb. 196 for several years now and see no reason not to push IMP VIII back with it. I am completely unschooled in...
Compare to this 25.54g sestertius. I see nothing to suggest that there is anything wrong with your coin. It is always best to give a weight and...
This thread has demonstrated well the variety of these coins. [ATTACH]
I'm with gsimonel on this matter. Septimius had a lot to celebrate that year. I see no reason that game would have to have been single purpose....
I don't see how you could overstrike a Roman antoninianus with large Sasanian drachm dies without first hammering the coins flat and spread. This...
The concept of separating heads from busts was established on another period when it was more obvious which was which. These have that entry...
We revisit the same themes often enough that I am running out of the popular numbers. I'm not sure when I last posted this weak galley reverse of...
I find the four photos interesting because each was shot with different lighting but all four coins are Hadrian AE that would seem to have been...
I have two kinds of coins: those that I intend to have on the day I die and those that I wish I had not bought. Some of the last group cost 10 to...
Dobbin, that is a particularly nice Victorinus due to the centering with full legends and good details. Welcome. I hope you will be sharing more...
I followed your research happily until you got to RIC. The authors made no claim on absolute rarity but only reported the number of institutions...
Aegyptos sestertius [ATTACH] Next: another sestertius showing a distinctly yellow color
Divo Victorino AE antoninianus 2.38g Cologne mint / Providentia RIC 88 p394 [ATTACH] I've seen worse. The concept of him being honored by these...
I just saw this but have nothing to add but the same old photo of my coin (ex Stacks/Coin Galleries, 2000). [ATTACH]
I fear it is time to trot out that old truth,"The third known example went unsold because there are only two people who care and they already have...
All he adds to 247 AD is that it was to celebrate the arrival in Rome. Van Meter 20 page 227. Van Meter makes relatively few comments more...
Yes it is but this might be a place to remind everyone that there are a few coins inscribed Annia Faustina that belong to the daughter of...
The last two lines read Proc Ict so it is Nikopolis ad Istrum.
Separate names with a comma.
